Posted on 03/09/2021 11:09:06 AM PST by Rummyfan
As the Lebanese-born essayist and statistician Nassim Nicholas Taleb has written, huge cultural changes are wrought by the smallest minorities: “It suffices for an intransigent minority to reach a minutely small level, say three or four percent of the total population, for the entire population to have to submit to their preferences. Further, an optical illusion comes with the dominance of the minority: a naive observer would be under the impression that the choices and preferences are those of the majority.”
Taleb’s point is that a small number of intolerant people with a passionate commitment to their cause can command the culture; he calls this “the minority rule,” and cites Alexander the Great’s famous aphorism that it’s better to have an army of sheep led by a lion than an army of lions led by a sheep.
So the next time the Left comes for some institution, act like a lion and just say no. Say no to wokism, no to the media robinettes, no to the platoons of captious hall monitors, Karens, and other assorted muttonheads who seek to shame you publicly for transgressions against the voices in their heads and the fillings in their teeth. Treat them with the same respect they treat you, which is none.
In short, take it from Dr. Seuss: “Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot. Nothing is going to get better. It’s not.”
(Excerpt) Read more at theepochtimes.com ...
“...a naive observer would be under the impression that the choices and preferences are those of the majority.”
When this is AMPIFIED by a NOT-naive media apparatus that continually ASSERTS as much, the din becomes quite overwhelming, and our naive observer has the greater task to ascertain that it just isn’t so.
Prefer FOAD.
Saying no is far to kind. Gotta use words that cut to the bone and gets em crying.
ESAD also works
Wow, that was easy.
It’s stupid on the left or the right.
I’m going to like who I like, be it athletes, musicians, actors, or any other public person with COMPLETE disregard for their political, religious, sexual, or other cultural opinions, actions, preferences, or statements. I refuse to let ANYTHING other than the competence of the person and my enjoyment or appreciation of what they do affect if I patronize them or not.
Cancel culture ALWAYS sucks; as does any form of boycott or another inane whining about what any other person does with their words, body, or money.
People who let the political opinions and statements of others determine a damned thing deserve no joy in life.
The best answer to any reeeee is SO WHAT!
Hate them back; it works for me!
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